Although the closest she got to home during her comeback tour was Dubai. Still, thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear the diva (who is banned from performing at home) ring in the Persian New Year last Wednesday. Although silenced by the Islamic revolution before many of them were born, even Iran's youth proclaim Googoosh as the preeminent icon of Iran's prerevolutionary social freedom. Her music has served as a unifying force amongst Iranians of all classes, both at home and in exile. TIME's Tehran correspondent Azadeh Moaveni met with Googoosh backstage and discussed the implications of her comeback for the future of Iran.
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